Jack Earl Agnew's Obituary
Jack Earl Agnew, 75, of the Whitehouse Community, died Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Fayetteville.
He was born September 24, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, the son of Emmett and Lillian Goodjoin Agnew. He was preceded in death by his parents; his step-father, Wilmer Woods; three sisters, June Hayes, Dorothy Payne and Mary Parks.
He was retired from the United States Air Force and was a deacon and Sunday School teacher at Sulphur City Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Agnew; two daughters, Gini Traxler and her husband Tim and DeDe Auslam and her husband Tim all of the Whitehouse Community; a son, Carie Agnew of Atlanta, GA; a sister, Joyce Faulkenberry of Shingle Springs, CA; his twin brother, John Agnew of Jacksonville, TX; six grandchildren, Dallas Auslam, Savanna Auslam, Jordan Auslam, Mitchell Traxler, Andrew Traxler and Adrian Traxler.
A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at Sulphur City Baptist Church and interment will be in the Fayetteville National Cemetery, under the direction of Moore’s Chapel.
Pallbearers will be Kenneth Parsley, Sonny Bates, Dan Curtis, Mark Terry, Alan Grubbs and Kenny Stahman. Honorary pallbearers will be Billy Jack Frost, Leonard Davis, Harold Downing and Bob Adams.
Memorials may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 4507, Fayetteville, AR 72701 or Arkansas Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 2222, Little Rock, AR 72203.
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